HC Deb 23 October 1967 vol 751 cc359-60W
Mr. Milne

asked the Minister of Labour if he will institute, in the interests of industrial safety, an investigation into the use of carbon tetrachloride in industry as an electrical maintenance and industrial cleaning solvent.

Mr. Fernyhough

A great deal is already known in my Ministry about the use (and the hazards associated with the use) of carbon tetrachloride. Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate encourage the use of safe substitutes wherever possible, but where this is not practicable, suitable precautions in the use of carbon tetrachloride can be required. I do not think that any special investigation is necessary, but if my hon. Friend has any particular instance of its use in mind and will give me the details, I will have it investigated.